Palestine Blogs

Fatima Mohammadi, aboard the Mavi Marmara, describes first hand her accounts of the initial approach of the IDF and later the use of such excessive violence that resulted in loss of life. She points...

Israel seizes another Gaza-bound Aid Boat. Passengers who were aboard the Mavi Marmara continue to provide new accounts of the Israeli assault. Some are now claiming they discovered a list of people...

As the MV Rachel Corrie, the last boat in the Free Gaza Movement’s Flotilla, is being dragged to Israel’s Ashdod port after being boarded and taken over in the early hours of Saturday,...

Israeli troops have boarded another aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip. However, unlike the deadly confrontation on when Israeli troops stormed the Mavi Maramara aid boat earlier this week, killing...

Edward Peck is the former chief of mission in Iraq and served as deputy director of the White House Task Force on Terrorism in the Reagan administration. Peck was on board one of the ships in the...

At roughly 4:00 a.m. on Monday morning Israeli navy and air force troops intercepted a convoy of six ships that attempted to deliver 10,000 tons of aid to the besieged Gaza strip. The convoy, known...

On Monday, Israeli commandos boarded ships in the “Freedom Flotilla” attempting to bring humanitarian aid to residents of still-blockaded Gaza. The aggressive response by Israel turned...

Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country’s siege on Gaza. More than 19 people were killed and dozens injured when troops intercepted the convoy...

At least 19 peace activists killed as Israeli commandos attack the Freedom Flotilla en route to Gaza to break the siege, this and more, coming up, stay tuned. (Via IMEMC)

The reported killing of at least 10 people by Israeli forces during a raid on ships seeking to break the Israeli and Egyptian blockade on the Palestinian Gaza Strip has provoked public and diplomatic...

A flotilla of aid ships heading to the Gaza Strip has been delayed for another day. The ships are now in the Mediterranean Sea, near Cyprus, with hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on board. They...

Ghassan Bannoura interviews Audrey Bomse, the legal Advisor of the Free Gaza flotilla, giving PNN the latest updates from the group media office in the Greek part of Cyprus. (Via Palestine News...

The Challenger 1, Free Gaza passenger boat among the Freedom Flotilla, while holding for the other boats to join, close to Cyprus waters, has been contacted via radio by a Cypriot Police Helicopter....

Turkish ships, carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians, are joining the eight-ship flotilla bound for Gaza despite Israeli warnings of preventing the international ship convoy to enter the Gaza...

While boats battle to get through the siege of Gaza, Gazans can eat out in fancy restaurants and have no need of aid. That’s what Israel has been telling journalists, at least. Sherine Tadros...

Nonviolent activities continue in the West Bank as the Free Gaza boats or on the way to Gaza shore and Palestinians and Israelis meet with U.S. President separately, these stories and more, coming...

Ewa Jasiewicz, Free Gaza Movement volunteer, talks about the siege of Gaza and the emergency to act, that we, citizen of the world, are feedling deep in our heart. Track the boats at Witness...

Huwaida Harraf, Free Gaza Chair, talkes about the Freedom Flotilla, already on its way to Gaza. Track the progress of the boats at Witness Gaza. (Via Free Gaza Movement)

This is an interesting short discussion between writer Mark Perry who broke the story on General Petraeus asking that the West Bank and Gaza be part of the Central Command’s territory. Petraeus...

Noam Chomsky, a renowned Jewish-American scholar and political activist, has been barred from entering Israel to deliver a speech at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. He spoke to Al Jazeera about...